Underhusen December 2015 Ballot1. Barnes
2. Gerrick
3. BraveSirRobin
4. North
5. RedRevenant/Sci
While it's not the custom, I am going to expand on my choices. Who knows, I might even influence some of the other voters to lean towards my picks. That's also why I'm voting so early on this time.
First off,
@Barnes. You were my first and easiest pick. You have done well both in UH and Wintreath in general. Your answers in the debate were also top tier. I'm fairly sure you're the front runner in this election. Good luck!
My second choice without too much doubt was
@Gerrick. Your campaign didn't give me much to be honest, but you proved yourself in debate and I would love to see you push ahead and take on greater role(s) in Wintreath. You're valuable asset to the region, keep it up!
From here on I only had candidates in MAYBE and NO categories. I considered leaving three abstain votes since what's the point if you don't support someone 100%? I have however casted quite a few abstains "lately" and it may be a little shortsighted to not give promising while maybe not yet fully convincing candidates the chance to prove themselves. Full five votes it is then, and I urge all other voters to use up all their votes as well.
While it may not seem like much of an honor,
@North was the first to secure a place on the MAYBE list. The main reason why you weren't on the YES list is that your campaign left me a little confused. It's not fair to put this entirely on you as I didn't bring it up during campaigning, but I chose to stay passive due to my overall passive stance towards the Constitutional Convention (which made up most of your campaign efforts). You're strong candidate but I can't credit much (any) of that to the campaign. It's also noteworthy that my hesitation wasn't due to a lack of effort.
Next up is
@BraveSirRobin. Your thoughts on how Underhusen could try and reach beyond their core purpose was one of the things I was looking for and you delivered. You'd probably deserve a higher position on my list. Your campaign thread however felt like a lot of it was composed after being influenced by other candidates in the debate and the rest fell to the classic electoral void of vague promises, which is a shame. You seem like a safe vote and perhaps that's why you're down here. I have no doubt you'll do superb job in the Underhusen.
Last vote was the trickiest and finally went to
@RedRevenant/Sci. It really came down to wanting it, which turned the tables in your favor instead of Rasdanation (he also insulted Frozen, that certainly didn't help). Being new can be both advantage and disadvantage, in all honesty I have to say that in this case it was disadvantage. Underhusen has an important term coming up and throwing a fresh new face in there might not be in the region's best interest. I hope you get elected and prove yourself.
Finally I would like to say a few words about those who didn't receive a vote from me.@Nox, lack of effort. Simple as that. You're familiar face and had you shown more seriousness towards getting elected it might have been easy for you to get a vote from me. All the good things and good luck to you.
@Rasdanation, your campaigning started off well and came very close to getting a vote from me, but when a candidate lacks seriousness and effort others quickly become more deserving.
@Chanku, you seem to be stuck as a questionable candidate. While you don't lack merits or capacity those advantages are counterweighted by "your other issues". I might go as far as describing you as our celebrity (royalty always are) and while others can make even big turnarounds quite easily you have a deeper stigma that requires a lot more work to turn around. Your campaign left a lot to be desired, especially after your answers in debate practically were "nothing should/can be done", that's not appealing to the voter. Given how you should be high caliber candidate this was disappointing. Predicting your success in this election is difficult and I wish you good luck.
@Govindia, for all fairness I wont completely ignore you here, but I have nothing to say. For one it's fairly obvious why I wouldn't vote you for personal reasons, and going any further than that would be highly counterproductive. It would have been nice if you'd taken the time to participate in the debate, as nearly everyone else did.
Sorry for the long potato.
